Kweli Surname
Approximately 700 people bear this surname
Kweli Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 269 | 1:196,809 | 16,828 |
| DR Congo | 212 | 1:348,489 | 30,654 |
| Kenya | 111 | 1:416,035 | 22,860 |
| Thailand | 32 | 1:2,207,448 | 250,768 |
| United States | 20 | 1:18,122,947 | 588,089 |
| Uganda | 19 | 1:2,054,699 | 65,771 |
| Nigeria | 7 | 1:25,306,108 | 327,793 |
| Russia | 7 | 1:20,589,008 | 462,339 |
| Papua New Guinea | 6 | 1:1,358,953 | 118,663 |
| Kazakhstan | 5 | 1:3,536,499 | 118,599 |
| Cameroon | 3 | 1:6,923,023 | 143,724 |
| South Africa | 3 | 1:18,059,235 | 248,362 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
Kweli (879) may also be a first name.
Kweli Demographics
Average Kweli Salary in
United States
$42,625 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Kweli Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kweli Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kweli is most common in Tanzania. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Kweli.
How Common Is The Last Name Kweli? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 477,400th most commonly held last name on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 10,410,780 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 89 percent of Kweli reside; 57 percent reside in East Africa and 57 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Kweli is also the 274,260th most frequently occurring first name in the world. It is borne by 879 people.
The surname Kweli is most frequently occurring in Tanzania, where it is borne by 269 people, or 1 in 196,809. In Tanzania it is most frequent in: Pwani Region, where 64 percent live, Dodoma Region, where 32 percent live and Mtwara Region, where 1 percent live. Beside Tanzania this surname is found in 16 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 30 percent live and Kenya, where 16 percent live.
Kweli Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the Kweli surname is predominantly Christian (60%) in Kenya.
Kweli earn marginally less than the average income. In United States they earn 1.21% less than the national average, earning $42,625 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Khweli | 91 | 6 | / |
| Kwelia | 91 | 5 | / |
| Kwelip | 91 | 4 | / |
| Kgweli | 91 | 3 | / |
| Kwehli | 91 | 1 | / |
| Kwaeli | 91 | 1 | / |
| Kweloi | 91 | 1 | / |
| Kweili | 91 | 1 | / |
| Khweili | 83 | 1 | / |
| K'Weili | 83 | 1 | / |
| Kgweloi | 83 | 1 | / |
| Kwela | 80 | 2,570 | / |
| Kwele | 80 | 2,281 | / |
| Kwali | 80 | 1,645 | / |
| Gweli | 80 | 1,414 | / |
| Kwili | 80 | 404 | / |
| Kueli | 80 | 15 | / |
| Kwely | 80 | 13 | / |
| Kwoli | 80 | 13 | / |
| Cweli | 80 | 2 | / |
| Qweli | 80 | 1 | / |
| Kgwele | 73 | 1,151 | / |
| Kwelle | 73 | 259 | / |
| Khwele | 73 | 167 | / |
| Kwalli | 73 | 141 | / |
| Khwili | 73 | 115 | / |
| Kwalai | 73 | 80 | / |
| Kwalie | 73 | 37 | / |
| Kgwili | 73 | 15 | / |
| Kweler | 73 | 10 | / |
| Kgwali | 73 | 7 | / |
| Kweila | 73 | 5 | / |
| Kwelee | 73 | 5 | / |
| Kweles | 73 | 4 | / |
| Kuelai | 73 | 4 | / |
| Kuelio | 73 | 2 | / |
| Kwiela | 73 | 2 | / |
| Nqweli | 73 | 2 | / |
| Kwehle | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kqwela | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kkwela | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kwhela | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kwaele | 73 | 1 | / |
| Gwelei | 73 | 1 | / |
| Nkueli | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kwilli | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kwwali | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kweile | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kwalhi | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kuelia | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kwolie | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kweley | 73 | 1 | / |
| Gweili | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kwalei | 73 | 1 | / |
| Nkqwili | 67 | 147 | / |
| Ng'weli | 67 | 91 | / |
| Cwelich | 67 | 54 | / |
| Kgwaele | 67 | 43 | / |
| Ghweyli | 67 | 21 | / |
| Kwealeu | 67 | 3 | / |
| Kuelaai | 67 | 3 | / |
| Kwehela | 67 | 3 | / |
| Ghweili | 67 | 2 | / |
| Kweelee | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kwallie | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kouelis | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kwouele | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kwelehe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kweilla | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nkwilei | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kwilaip | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kweisly | 67 | 1 | / |
| Khweile | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nkcwele | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nkgwili | 67 | 1 | / |
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Kweli
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